† hokerlyadv.
Obsolete.
1. Scornfully, mockingly, contemptuously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > derision, ridicule, or mockery > [adverb]
hethelyc1175
hokerlyc1275
a-scoffc1300
scornfullyc1380
bourdfullya1400
japinglya1420
a-scornc1485
bourdly1500
mockishlya1529
mockingly1542
bourdingly1552
deridingly1570
frumpingly1576
floutingly1580
fleeringly?1620
derisively1665
mockfully1834
snook-cockingly1962
c1275 (?a1200) Laȝamon Brut (Calig.) (1978) l. 9686 And lætten swiðe hokerliche [c1300 Otho moche hoker] of Lote þan eorle.
1297 R. Gloucester's Chron. (1724) 417 Þe kyng..wel hoker~lyche by held þe folc þat þere stod.
c1386 G. Chaucer Parson's Tale ⁋510 Thanne wole he..answeren hokerly and angrily.
2. In a way worthy of scorn, contemptibly, ridiculously.
ΘΚΠ
the mind > attention and judgement > contempt > condition of being held in contempt > [adverb]
hokerly?c1225
caitiflyc1425
contemptiblya1438
villainously1484
scabbedly1548
sneakishly1560
miserably1585
contemnedly1594
pitifully1601
dirtilya1631
worthlessly1637
mangilya1640
projectedly1660
despicablya1691
shabbily1755
unsolidly1755
worm-like1814
scrubbily1891
motherfucking1966
?c1225 (?a1200) Ancrene Riwle (Cleo. C.vi) (1972) 112 Wunder ouer wunder & hokerliche wunder.
c1230 Hali Meid. 15 Swa muchel þe hokerlucher him þuncheð to beon ouercumen.
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